Va. Tech Shooting Victim Families Agree to $11M Settlement

by Dave Keating | April 10, 2008 at 11:13 pm
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The VA Tech victims' families look ready to accept a settlement deal with the school.

Most families of the Virginia Tech massacre victims have agreed in principle to accept an $11 million settlement in exchange for agreeing not to sue the state.

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The families' decision to agree to a taxpayer-financed package of compensation, health benefits and other assistance came less than a week before the one-year anniversary of the shooting by senior Seung Hui Cho, who killed 32 students and teachers and then himself. State officials and the families had hoped to reach an agreement soon on a settlement to help put the case behind them and avoid a long, emotional court case.

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